]]>http://classicrock1069.com/frank-zappa-cruising-with-ruben-the-jets/feed/045 Years Ago: The Mothers of Invention's 'We're Only in It for the Money' Album Releasedhttp://classicrock1069.com/mothers-of-inventions-were-only-in-it-for-the-money/
http://classicrock1069.com/mothers-of-inventions-were-only-in-it-for-the-money/#commentsTue, 05 Mar 2013 22:45:40 +0000Michael Galluccihttp://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=116734Continue reading…]]>From the mocking cover art to the orchestral notes that grace the music to the loose thematic ties that link the songs, the Mothers of Invention’s ‘We’re Only in It for the Money’ turns ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ on its head. But it’s not so much the Beatles’ masterpiece -- which was released nine months before the Mothers album -- that Frank Zappa and his band of musical pranksters ruthlessly skewer; it’s the culture that fed and supported it.

]]>http://classicrock1069.com/mothers-of-inventions-were-only-in-it-for-the-money/feed/0Evening Standard, Hulton Archive, Getty ImagesMothers of Invention Co-Founder Ray Collins Dies at 76http://classicrock1069.com/mothers-of-invention-ray-collins-dies/
http://classicrock1069.com/mothers-of-invention-ray-collins-dies/#commentsThu, 27 Dec 2012 17:40:54 +0000Sterling Whitakerhttp://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=105255Continue reading…]]>Ray Collins, the singer and co-founder of the Mothers of Invention, died on Monday (Dec. 24) in Pomona, Calif. He had been hospitalized since Dec. 18 after suffering a massive heart attack, and was removed from life support on Saturday. He was 76 years old.